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Sunday, March 22, 2015

Review: Broken by Mary E. Palmerin

Publication Date: December
22, 2013

Series: Scars and Sorrow Saga

Rating: 5 stars

Official Blurb:

Lyla Harper's life has always been shadowed. With
her childhood full of unpleasant memories that she tries to tuck away and
forget about, she succeeds at putting on a happy front and convincing those
around her that she is content. But she isn't.

Meet Lyla Elizabeth Harper, a teen whose journey
is less than ideal. She experiences heartache, loss, and bullying; but through
it all she strives for hope. She counts down the days until she has the chance
to start over in a new city, unaware of her past. A city far away from the
recollections that have scarred her physically and mentally.

In the first book of the Scars and Sorrow Saga,
you will be faced with the ghastly and horrendous events that plague Lyla,
starting on the day of her eighteenth birthday, a day that changed her forever.
Lyla thought that she was broken before, but she was wrong. Davis Moore, a
22-year-old handsome cop and also Rigdon's golden boy, steals something that is
irreplaceable from Lyla on that fateful night on Brownsmith Road.

Others will challenge her will and strength,
testing her and pushing her to the brink of giving up. Will Lyla be able to
trudge through the deep rut that she is stuck in to move to Chicago and start
her life over? Or will the evil events consume her and leave her grounded,
unable to lead a life free from pain?

**Graphic content including underage drinking
and drug use, non-consensual sex, and self-mutilation. Not suitable for readers
under the age of eighteen.**

Broken is a book that tugged
on my heart strings. To be so young, and have that much depression, and
self-loathing just broke my heart! I was rooting for Lyla the whole book,
hoping that things would turn around for her. All she wants is to get out of
Rigdon, a small town in Kansas, where there aren’t many secrets. Becoming a
loner, she’s closed off, using alcohol, drugs, and a razor blade to make herself
numb. One night in particular changed her forever, she loses her innocence,
making her feel even more worthless.

I really enjoyed reading this
book, it gave me insight into depression, and how it can affect a person. This
book isn’t for the faint of heart, there are some dark things that happen and
know that this isn’t a love story by any means. I hope you connect with Lyla,
like I did, and hope to see her find herself beautiful and not broken after
all. Even though what Lyla went through is heart wrenching, the ending made up
for it. I know there is more to her story and I look forward to reading about
it.